The Freeman Academy/Marion boys basketball team saw its season come to a close in the first round of the Region 4B Tournament Monday night, March 3, falling 68-47 to Irene-Wakonda in Irene. The Bearcats, who went into the tournament as the No. 9 seed, finishes the season 6-15. The Eagles, the region...

Freeman businesswoman Dawn Walz is finding out the answer  to that question is ‘yes’ as she turns her historic Main Street building into a gathering place for the young and old alike The stately structure that stands at the corner of Main and Fourth streets in downtown Freeman has taken on multiple ...

You don’t know Mike Peterson. You think you do. Those who have encountered the community resident of 36 years, or have heard about him, know him as a rough-around-the edges, inked-up, crass character who’s been on the business end of both punches taken and punches thrown, who years ago started his o...

Saturday night was a grand night for raising funds as nearly 200 men and women came out in support of the local health care facility. The result? $105K raised for a new endowment. JEREMY WALTNER  -  PUBLISHER It wasn’t long after the Freeman Regional Health Services (FRHS) Foundation was established...

Between a solid administrative team, stable staff and bold school board, there is good momentum in the western Turner County district. A renovation project planned for this summer is only expected to help. Based on enrollment — which is so often used to measure how well a school district is doing — ...

Considerable growth in enrollment, an expanded curriculum, ongoing attention to the physical plant and a strong financial position has Freeman School District 33-1 well-positioned for the future JEREMY WALTNER -  PUBLISHER Compared to the rest of the sprawling campus, it’s a relatively modest additi...

The 2024-25 school year will be the last in Menno for Kory Foss. The district superintendent announced Monday morning, Jan. 6, that he has accepted the position of superintendent with the Elkton School District and will be leaving Menno with his family following the conclusion of this school year. F...

Kristina Sage was the oral interpretation coach at Freeman Public Schools when Thor Aanenson cut his teeth on the fine arts elective that puts participants in front of audiences — and judges — with nothing but words and emotion to share. And she realized quickly that, like his older brother, Tryg, T...

Fifteen from Freeman schools, Marion and Menno heading to Sturgis next week Students from Freeman Academy, Freeman Public, Marion and Menno will all take part in the South Dakota High School Activities Association’s 2024 State Oral Interpretation Festival set for next Friday and Saturday, Dec. 6 and...

This week's Publisher's Column by Jeremy Waltner, with a photo gallery to follow: When I think about high school theater productions, my mind takes me back to “Charlotte’s Web,” “Little Women,” “The Nerd” and “Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat” — four shows that introduced me to the stage...